Author Archive |

Some ‘Still Waters’ Don’t Run Deep, Don’t Be Fooled By ‘Paddling Pools’

By Some ‘Still Waters’ Don’t Run Deep, Don’t Be Fooled By ‘Paddling Pools’

You burst out of your room, Blackberry still in hand “OH MY GOD! HE  CALLED ME!” Your girlfriends squeal with excitement. It’s obvious from his short answers every question and his general air of ambiguity ...

Read the full story

Posted in Columns, OpinionComments (0)

Spend Hundreds on Botox and Cosmetics or Die a Lonely Hag?

By Spend Hundreds on Botox and Cosmetics or Die a Lonely Hag?

Poor Mariah walks the streets in ragged clothes. Men with silver hair scoff at her, children squeal and run away because Mariah’s sheer ugliness is just too overwhelming to them. This poor woman walks this ...

Read the full story

Posted in Columns, OpinionComments (0)

Mascot Madness: What The Heck Is With the Bunny?

By Mascot Madness: What The Heck Is With the Bunny?

You just got out of class. Even though your appetite is almost diminished from dodging spittle from your professor in the “splash zone” area of the classroom, you make your way to Vaughn Center to ...

Read the full story


Tags:

Posted in Columns, OpinionComments (0)

Mr. Glenn Beck: The Usurper of Ideals

By Mr. Glenn Beck: The Usurper of Ideals

Glenn Beck doesn’t understand anything about the message emulated by Dr. Martin Luther King. Yes maybe he knows that he was born in Atlanta Georgia, perhaps that he was African American (as pesky a fact ...

Read the full story

Posted in Columns, OpinionComments (16)

Japanese Internment Camps Should Be a History Lesson For All Americans

By Japanese Internment Camps Should Be a History Lesson For All Americans

I don’t understand all of this controversy over the declaration of Internment Month for the state of California. This month would merely be a celebration and remembrance of all of those unrecognized Wartime Civilian Control ...

Read the full story

Posted in Columns, OpinionComments (0)

With Mental and Verbal Abuse Never Remain Silent

By With Mental and Verbal Abuse Never Remain Silent

Mental abuse. It’s the most unassuming of threats to many women, and sometimes men, that can lead to some of the most dangerous situations. It starts with little abuses to your self-esteem that soon transform ...

Read the full story

Posted in Columns, Health + Science, OpinionComments (1)

Healthcare Debate Demonstrates the Power of the Democratic Process

By Healthcare Debate Demonstrates the Power of the Democratic Process

Unless you have been living in some anti-healthcare cave, it is more than likely that you have bore witness to some part of the vicious healthcare debate this week. The healthcare debate that transformed some ...

Read the full story

Posted in Columns, Opinion, Top StoriesComments (1)

When It Comes to Interracial Dating How Blind Is Love?

By When It Comes to Interracial Dating How Blind Is Love?

In a recent Essence magazine article, one reader expressed her disdain about the magazine selecting Reggie Bush to grace the magazine’s cover. In a long argument, she explained her reasoning in great detail. The root ...

Read the full story

Posted in Columns, Love + Sex, OpinionComments (0)

Does the Post-Racial Ideal Sidestep Real Issues of Race?

By Does the Post-Racial Ideal Sidestep Real Issues of Race?

Listen people: you may not know this, but I want to make something clear. I am black. This is no curse that I deal with, and I do not wish to be anything other than ...

Read the full story

Posted in Columns, OpinionComments (0)

“I Didn’t Mean to Offend Anyone”: The Art of the Political Insult

By “I Didn’t Mean to Offend Anyone”: The Art of the Political Insult

“I didn’t mean to offend anyone.” The famous words of countless politicians and radio/television personalities who let heinous comments slither from their mouths. Yet, just as soon as their comments are plastered across TV screens ...

Read the full story

Posted in Columns, OpinionComments (0)

From Tiger to Cheater: Woods Should Address Allegations

By From Tiger to Cheater: Woods Should Address Allegations

Tiger Woods. What else is left to say? Every commentator in America has put in their piece about his peculiar situation and every joke (or apparently every object) that could be lobbed his way has ...

Read the full story

Posted in Columns, OpinionComments (1)

Sounds and Culture Come Alive During Africa Unwrapped

By Sounds and Culture Come Alive During Africa Unwrapped

Drums pulsated while the exotic smells of Ethiopian food wafted into and filled the Vaughn Courtyard last Thursday. The Africa Unwrapped event put on by Diversity Fellowship, UT Stand, International Student Organization and Extreme Elite ...

Read the full story

Posted in A+E, Music, Top StoriesComments (1)

Philosophy Class Transforms Student’s Understanding of World Religions

By Philosophy Class Transforms Student’s Understanding of World Religions

I’m taking a philosophy class on African religion, which has altered my understanding of all religion. It’s commonly believed that traditional African life (i.e. pre-European influence) was highly spiritual and religious. After reading the philosopher ...

Read the full story

Posted in Columns, OpinionComments (0)

SG Not The Same Since No GA

By SG Not The Same Since No GA

I would like to thank SG. I know they are under a lot of criticism and speculation at the moment (even from me), but I would like to commend them on some level. As we ...

Read the full story

Posted in News, SG BeatComments (0)

Mobile App

This Month’s Magazine

Subscribe to Alerts